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There’s an astonishing project in train, and I learnt of it on Twitter (the Devil’s rattle-bag). The aim is to photograph in detail every rural parish church in the country.

If you visit a village in England, the church is likely to be the most beautiful and oldest building. Thousands of Telegraph readers share a love of church-crawling.

There is plenty to see: of 16,000 Anglican churches, about 12,500 are listed as of architectural and historic interest by Historic England. This decade might be the one in which we see most churches in use and good condition. Many places cannot find the money to keep the rain out of their beloved churches. Some are put to secular use.